Uredništvo RTV Podgorica obratilo se danas zapadnim ambasadama i diplomatama, apelujući na njih da javno osude kontinuirane pritiske i gušenje slobode medija koje sprovodi režim u Podgorici i njima bliske NVO.
Pismo Uredništva prenosimo u cjelosti.
Poštovane ekselencije,
pritisci režima na RTV Podgorica počeli su danom njenog osnivanja. I nova vlast u Glavnom gradu je, kao svoj najvažniji cilj, postavila gušenje jedine televizije u Crnoj Gori koja nije pod kontrolom režima, nerijetko javno prijeteći našim urednicima i novinarima revanšizmom, disciplinovanjem i gubitkom posla. Pritisci, neutemeljene ocjene o “širenju govora mržnje”, uvrede i etiketiranja kojima su posljednjih sedmica izloženi urednici i novinari Gradske televizije od strane režima, njemu bliskih medija i NVO, pojačani su 12. Jula, optužbama najprije Nove srpske demokratije, a onda i ostalih stranaka režima, da je Gradska TV “neprofesionalna”, “pristrasna” i da “širi govor mržne”. To se poklapa sa odlukom Uredništva naše televizije da dan ranije, 11. jula ove godine, Cvijetom Srebrenice u uglu ekrana i na reverima naših novinara obilježi 28 godina od genocida u Srebrenici.
Intenzitet napada i pritisaka režima na Gradsku TV posebno je pojačan nakon što je režim u Podgorici najavio nezakonitu smjenu Savjeta RTV Podgorica i, po skraćenom postupku, na njihovo mjesto instaliranje njemu poslušnih pojedinaca.
Režimu u tome pomaže NVO Medija centar, čiji je direktor Goran Đurović, inače suprug ministrake u tehničkom mandatu Ane Novaković Đurović, koji, kao neformalni konsultant i saradnik režima u pisanju spornih i nezakonitih izmjena postojećih akata o osnivanju RTV Podgorica, pokazuje neskrivenu ambiciju da lično preuzme Savjet ili čelno mjesto u našem mediju.
Dokaz su i pojedini predloženi uslovi za izbor novog Savjeta, potpuno prilagođeni i usklađeni sa referencama Gorana Đurovića i njegovim Medija centrom. Podsjećamo, riječ je o licu koje se svojevremeno na sličan i veoma sporan način dočepalo mjesta člana Savjeta RTCG, sa kojeg je nezakonito uticalo na uređivačku politiku, mijenjalo postojeća zakonska rješenja i norme, te iniciralo više nezakonitih odluka i smjena, kasnije oborenih na sudu. Đurovićeva samovolja i staljinistički odnos prema menadžmentu i urednicima RTCG poreske obveznike ove zemlje koštali su nekoliko stotina hiljada eura.
Poštovani,
s obzirom na to da pomenuti napadi na Gradsku TV dolaze od strane režima koji ne poštuje Ustav i zakone ove zemlje, niti pravosnažne sudske presude (koje javno ismijavaju), njihovi svakodnevni pritisci, prijetnje silom i smjenama izazivaju strah i uznemirenje kod naših novinara i urednika i ometaju ih u profesionalnom radu. U tom smislu, još jednom apelujemo da iskoristite autoritet koji imate i stanete u odbranu slobode nezavisnih medija i jedine crnogorske televizije koja nije u stranom vlasništvu i pod kontrolom režima.
Cijenili bismo vaše napore da crnogorskoj javnosti predstavite svoj stav o pokušaju režima da uguši slobodu medija, slobodno mišljenje i govor.
“Crna Goro, dijelimo tvoju ljubav prema slobodi”, poručeno je 2020. godine iz Ambasade SAD u Podgorici.
Možda je ovo prava prilika da to pokažete!
Dear Excellencies,
The regime began exerting pressure on RTV Podgorica on the day it was founded. The new government in the capital has also set as its most important goal the suppression of the only television in Montenegro that is not under the control of the regime, often publicly threatening our editors and journalists with revanchism, discipline and unemployment. The pressures, baseless evaluations about “spreading hate speech”, insults and labeling to which the editors and journalists of Gradska TV have been exposed in recent weeks by the regime and affiliated media and NGOs, were intensified on July 12th, with the accusations first by the New Serb Democracy (Nova sprska demokratija), and then of other parties of the regime, that Gradska TV is “unprofessional”, “biased” and that it “spreads hate speech”. This coincides with the decision of the Editorial board of our television to commemorate 28 years since the genocide in Srebrenica the day before, July 11th of this year, with the Srebrenica Flower in the corner of the screen and on the lapels of our journalists.
The intensity of the regime's attacks and pressures on Gradska TV was especially intensified after the regime in Podgorica announced the illegal dismissal of the Council of RTV Podgorica and, in a shortened procedure, the installation of more obedient individuals in their place. The regime is assisted in this by the NGO Media Centar, whose director is Goran Đurović, the husband of the minister in technical mandate Ana Novaković Đurović, who, as an informal consultant and collaborator of the regime in writing controversial and illegal changes to the existing acts on the establishment of RTV Podgorica, shows an undisguised ambition to personally take over the Council, or a leading position in our media. Additional proofs of this are some of the proposed conditions for the election of the new Council, which are fully adapted and harmonized with the references of Goran Đurović and his Media Centar. We remind you that this is a person who once in a similar and very controversial way became a member of the RTCG Council, from which he illegally influenced editorial policy, changed existing legal solutions and norms, and initiated several illegal decisions and dismissals, which were later overturned in court. Đurović's arbitrariness and Stalinist attitude towards the management and editors of RTCG cost the taxpayers of this country several hundred thousand euros.
Respected,
Considering that the aforementioned attacks on Gradska TV come from a regime that does not respect the Constitution and laws of this country nor final court verdicts (which they publicly ridicule), their daily pressures, threats of force and dismissal cause fear and anxiety among our journalists and editors and hinder them in their professional work. In this sense, we once again urge you to use your authority and stand up for the freedom of independent media and the only Montenegrin television that is not in foreign ownership and under the control of the regime.
We would appreciate your efforts to present to the Montenegrin public your position on the regime's attempt to stifle media freedom, free thought and speech.
“Montenegro, we share your love for freedom,” was the message from the US Embassy in Podgorica in 2020.
Perhaps this is the right opportunity to show it.
Editorial board of RTV Podgorica
